IBM PCjr

I have been digging up info on PCjr patches for certain games like Paperboy, Starflight, Maniac Mansion and Zak McKraken - with other game patches listed here: https://etc.pixesthesia.com/jrstuff

Does anyone know if there is a site with patched games? It seems like something like that should exist ...

Getting this system tuned and upgraded with modern boards has been a truly fun and nostalgic experience!

I am not sure where we got the disk from but this blew our minds when we saw it for the first time!

Get a jrIDE from a reputable seller, like TexElec. It adds 640k, an IDE connection for a hard drive, and a system timer. Worth every penny if you're into this stuff.


Awesome! Thanks so much. That explains why there aren't piles of messages trying to get the RAM - it's on the jr-IDE. :)

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Hello, all. Getting into the PCjr again after a very long layoff... I am seeing PCjrs for sale on the internet, all with 128KB. The PCjr my family had in the 1980s (if my memory is correct) had sidecar memory expansions by a company called Tecmar, to take us to 640KB.

Is there a modern-day board ...